Guest Nigel Molesworth Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 I've got a program that will only work properly if I use "Run as Administrator", despite being logged in as an administrator. Is there a way I can fix this, so it runs normally? PS, I know I shouldn't be running as administrator, but this is a PC that is rarely connected to the Internet, and used for two or three specific tasks. Quote
Guest .Joe Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 Nigel Molesworth;655502 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > I've got a program that will only work properly if I use "Run as > Administrator", despite being logged in as an administrator. > > Is there a way I can fix this, so it runs normally? > > PS, I know I shouldn't be running as administrator, but this is a PC > that is > rarely connected to the Internet, and used for two or three specific > tasks.</span> Nigel, You can tell the program to always run as an administrator by doing this: 1. Right click on the program shortcut 2. Select properties 3. Under the compatibility tab, click run this program as administrator 4. Click apply & ok That should take care of it. I hope this helps. -- .Joe _[image: http://uswave.net/vistax64/joetmvx64.png] (\"http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=17621\")_ _ ::Click_here_for_the_Vista_Forums:: (\"http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=17621\")_ _Geekbench_Score:_4050 (\"http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/42901\")_ _CPU-Z_Verified (\"http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=323179\")_ Quote
Guest Nigel Molesworth Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:36:14 -0500, .Joe <Joe.36mf13@no-mx.forums.net> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> >You can tell the program to always run as an administrator </span> Excellent, that's a good start. Only problem now is that UAC asks if it is OK to run it. I would eventually like this program to run on start up, and I think this may be a problem. Quote
Guest Bob Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 How to disable the User Account Control Prompt for certain application http://www.vistax64.com/vista-news/117680-...plications.html ------- Report back, please [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message news:n497u3l051sb6pl94nk8pdre29bnmr5jlf@4ax.com...<span style="color:blue"> > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:36:14 -0500, .Joe <Joe.36mf13@no-mx.forums.net> > wrote: ><span style="color:green"> >>You can tell the program to always run as an administrator</span> > > Excellent, that's a good start. > > Only problem now is that UAC asks if it is OK to run it. I would > eventually > like this program to run on start up, and I think this may be a problem. > </span> Quote
Guest Nigel Molesworth Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:16:45 -0400, "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> >How to disable the User Account Control Prompt for certain application >http://www.vistax64.com/vista-news/117680-...plications.html</span> Thanks Bob, but the KB link is dead. I'm also not sure I want to install any more programs on this PC, it is very task specific. Quote
Guest Bob Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 Your welcome. You might want to do this instead. To disable UAC prompts NOT UAC: Run Regedit and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0". ------- Report back, please [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message news:bvo7u3t9lt40k0aqvjp4ajhind9k40rfme@4ax.com...<span style="color:blue"> > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:16:45 -0400, "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote: ><span style="color:green"> >>How to disable the User Account Control Prompt for certain application >>http://www.vistax64.com/vista-news/117680-...plications.html</span> > > Thanks Bob, but the KB link is dead. I'm also not sure I want to install > any > more programs on this PC, it is very task specific. > </span> Quote
Guest Ray Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 ..Joe <Joe.36mf13@no-mx.forums.net> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > You can tell the program to always run as an administrator by > doing this: > > 1. Right click on the program shortcut > 2. Select properties > 3. Under the compatibility tab, click run this program as > administrator > 4. Click apply & ok</span> Would it make a difference if you did this to the program executable rather than the shortcut? That way the program would always run as admin, whether started from the shortcut or by double-clicking a file. Or will Vista make both starting methods run it the same way? -- Ray (remove the Xs to reply) Quote
Guest Nigel Molesworth Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:10:11 -0400, "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> >[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem] > >Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0".</span> Thanks Bob, you are a star! Quote
Guest Bob Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 You're welcome. Happy to help. Thanks for the feedback. ------- Report back, please [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message news:1c5au3trn8j083n2soc1om8dlh965bjk6k@4ax.com...<span style="color:blue"> > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:10:11 -0400, "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote: ><span style="color:green"> >>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem] >> >>Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0".</span> > > Thanks Bob, you are a star! > </span> Quote
Guest SG Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 You are running with administrator rights, but if you have to right click and select Run as Administrator then you are not logged on as administrator. When you first boot do you have two users listed to logon to? -- All the best, SG Is your computer system ready for Vista? https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/ "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message news:0727u3dqrerb776jej5a95rpo84trrluea@4ax.com...<span style="color:blue"> > I've got a program that will only work properly if I use "Run as > Administrator", despite being logged in as an administrator. > > Is there a way I can fix this, so it runs normally? > > PS, I know I shouldn't be running as administrator, but this is a PC that > is > rarely connected to the Internet, and used for two or three specific > tasks. > </span> Quote
Guest Bob Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Isn't it more a case of not being logged in as the "Real Administrator"? "SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message news:u71vzFJjIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > You are running with administrator rights, but if you have to right click > and select Run as Administrator then you are not logged on as > administrator. When you first boot do you have two users listed to logon > to? > > -- > All the best, > SG > > Is your computer system ready for Vista? > https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/ > > "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message > news:0727u3dqrerb776jej5a95rpo84trrluea@4ax.com...<span style="color:green"> >> I've got a program that will only work properly if I use "Run as >> Administrator", despite being logged in as an administrator. >> >> Is there a way I can fix this, so it runs normally? >> >> PS, I know I shouldn't be running as administrator, but this is a PC that >> is >> rarely connected to the Internet, and used for two or three specific >> tasks. >></span> > </span> Quote
Guest Nigel Molesworth Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:56:10 -0400, "SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> >You are running with administrator rights, but if you have to right click >and select Run as Administrator then you are not logged on as administrator. </span> Yes, I am. Run as Administrator gives elevated rights. <span style="color:blue"> >When you first boot do you have two users listed to logon to?</span> No, there is only one user, the administrator. Quote
Guest Bob Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Google "Real Administrator" "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message news:nbrcu3trqm42fo0ogs5v78cd87dekm03n5@4ax.com...<span style="color:blue"> > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:56:10 -0400, "SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote: ><span style="color:green"> >>You are running with administrator rights, but if you have to right click >>and select Run as Administrator then you are not logged on as >>administrator.</span> > > Yes, I am. Run as Administrator gives elevated rights. ><span style="color:green"> >>When you first boot do you have two users listed to logon to?</span> > > No, there is only one user, the administrator. > </span> Quote
Guest Nigel Molesworth Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:24:17 -0400, "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> >Google "Real Administrator"</span> Yes, indeed. I don't want full admin all the time, just for this program. All seems to be as I want it now, thanks to your help. Quote
Guest Bob Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 YW "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message news:1iidu31kh4ul3dc15d7v2btn77fbvu5iog@4ax.com...<span style="color:blue"> > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:24:17 -0400, "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote: ><span style="color:green"> >>Google "Real Administrator"</span> > > Yes, indeed. I don't want full admin all the time, just for this program. > > All seems to be as I want it now, thanks to your help. > </span> Quote
Guest Jukie Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Bob, I'm having the same problem. When I go to regedit [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] I don't have the option of "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0"." Only default shows up and no value is set. Should I just click on that and make the value 0? Thanks, Julie "Bob" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Your welcome. You might want to do this instead. > > To disable UAC prompts NOT UAC: > > Run Regedit and navigate to > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem] > > Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0". > > ------- > Report back, please > [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so > that others may learn and benefit from the issue] > > [How to ask a question] > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > "Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.email.invalid> wrote in message > news:bvo7u3t9lt40k0aqvjp4ajhind9k40rfme@4ax.com...<span style="color:green"> > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:16:45 -0400, "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote: > ><span style="color:darkred"> > >>How to disable the User Account Control Prompt for certain application > >>http://www.vistax64.com/vista-news/117680-...plications.html</span> > > > > Thanks Bob, but the KB link is dead. I'm also not sure I want to install > > any > > more programs on this PC, it is very task specific. > > </span> > > </span> Quote
Guest Brink Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Jukie;721678 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Bob, I'm having the same problem. When I go to regedit > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem] > I don't have the option of "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to > "0"." > Only default shows up and no value is set. Should I just click on that > and > make the value 0? > Thanks, > Julie > > </span> Hi Julie, Yes you could do that. For more on that, see: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-us...lege-level.html You can also create a task in Task Scheduler to run the startup program with administrator rights without it getting blocked to. Option One, Method Two will show you how to in this tutorial. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-st...le-disable.html Hope this helps you, Shawn -- Brink There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. ' VISTA FORUMS ' (http://www.vistax64.com) Please post feedback to help others. Quote
Guest Paul Adare Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 On Sat, 24 May 2008 22:20:32 -0500, Brink wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Jukie;721678 Wrote: <span style="color:green"> >> Bob, I'm having the same problem. When I go to regedit >> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem] >> I don't have the option of "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to >> "0"." >> Only default shows up and no value is set. Should I just click on that >> and >> make the value 0? >> Thanks, >> Julie >> >> </span> > > Hi Julie, > > Yes you could do that. For more on that, see:</span> No Julie, you shouldn't do that. Don't pay any attention to this advice as the poster either didn't really read your question or doesn't know what he's talking about. The registry value you need to change needs to be named "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin". If you don't have that value you need to add it. Changing the data of the value named Default will not work and in fact could prove to be harmful. <span style="color:blue"> > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-us...lege-level.html > > > You can also create a task in Task Scheduler to run the startup program > with administrator rights without it getting blocked to. Option One, > Method Two will show you how to in this tutorial. > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-st...le-disable.html > > Hope this helps you, > Shawn</span> -- Paul Adare http://www.identit.ca Disc space -- the final frontier! Quote
Guest Brink Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Paul Adare;721781 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > On Sat, 24 May 2008 22:20:32 -0500, Brink wrote: > > > No Julie, you shouldn't do that. Don't pay any attention to this advice > as > the poster either didn't really read your question or doesn't know what > he's talking about. > The registry value you need to change needs to be named > "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin". If you don't have that value you need to > add > it. Changing the data of the value named Default will not work and in > fact > could prove to be harmful. > > > > -- > Paul Adare > 'Welcome to IdentIT Inc. - Home' (http://www.identit.ca) > Disc space -- the final frontier!</span> Thank you Paul for catching my error. I have edited the posts to correct them. Julie, You will definitely need to add "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin". The tutorial link has full instructions on how to do this and a download to make it even easier to do if you wanted to use it instead. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-us...lege-level.html Shawn -- Brink There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. ' VISTA FORUMS ' (http://www.vistax64.com) Please post feedback to help others. Quote
Guest Paul Adare Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 On Sun, 25 May 2008 02:53:41 -0500, Brink wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Thank you Paul for catching my error. I have edited the posts to > correct them.</span> Umm, this is USENET, you can't edit posts. -- Paul Adare http://www.identit.ca If it's stupid and works, then it ain't stupid! Quote
Guest Brink Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Paul Adare;721875 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > On Sun, 25 May 2008 02:53:41 -0500, Brink wrote: > > > Umm, this is USENET, you can't edit posts. > > -- > Paul Adare > 'Welcome to IdentIT Inc. - Home' (http://www.identit.ca) > If it's stupid and works, then it ain't stupid!</span> I post from a forum where I can edit on my end. I added the additional information on the reply to be seen by this newsgroup though. Thank you again for catching this. I must have been blind at the moment. LOL Shawn -- Brink There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. ' VISTA FORUMS ' (http://www.vistax64.com) Please post feedback to help others. Quote
Guest Jukie Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Thanks guys. Actually, I ended up disabling my user account controls and all is well. "Brink" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > > Paul Adare;721875 Wrote: <span style="color:green"> > > On Sun, 25 May 2008 02:53:41 -0500, Brink wrote: > > > > > > Umm, this is USENET, you can't edit posts. > > > > -- > > Paul Adare > > 'Welcome to IdentIT Inc. - Home' (http://www.identit.ca) > > If it's stupid and works, then it ain't stupid!</span> > > I post from a forum where I can edit on my end. I added the additional > information on the reply to be seen by this newsgroup though. > > Thank you again for catching this. I must have been blind at the > moment. LOL > > Shawn > > > -- > Brink > > There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask > them. > ' VISTA FORUMS ' (http://www.vistax64.com) > Please post feedback to help others. > </span> Quote
Guest Brink Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Jukie;722039 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Thanks guys. Actually, I ended up disabling my user account controls and > all > is well. > > > "Brink" wrote:</span> Julie, I'm glad to hear that you got your problem resolved. Thank you for the feedback. Shawn -- Brink There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. ' VISTA FORUMS ' (http://www.vistax64.com) Please post feedback to help others. Quote
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